01268nam a2200169Ia 4500008004100000020002800041041000800069050002700077100002300104245015500127260003700282300005400319490005500373505055700428650009600985999001701081230823s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97890041260609004126066  aeng  aBS1199.T42 b.H66 2002  aHoman, Michael M.  0aTo your tents, O Israel! : bthe terminology, function, form, and symbolism of tents in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East /cMichael M. Homan  aLeiden ; Boston : bBrill,c2002  axxiv, 229 p., [64] p. of plates :bill. ;c25 cm.  aCulture and history of the ancient Near East ;v12  aTable of Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Plates; Acknowledgments; Chapter One. INTRODUCTION; Chapter Two. TENT TERMINOLOGY: THE MANY WORDS FOR TENTS AND THEIR INTERCHANGEABILITY; Chapter Three. TENT HOMES: THE TEXTUAL CASE FOR ANCIENT ISRAEL'S TENT-DWELLING HERITAGE; Chapter Four. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TENTS AND PASTORAL NOMADS; Chapter Five. MILITARY TENTS: AN ANCIENT TRADITION; Chapter Six. LOVE TENTS: SEX AND MARRIAGE UNDER TENT SHELTERS; Chapter Seven. TABERNACLE PARALLELS: NEAR EASTERN PORTABLE SHRINES ACROSS THE AGES.  aBible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.Tents in the Bible.Tents--Middle East.  c46562d46562